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Takli Formation | |
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Stratigraphic range: Maastrichtian | |
Type | Geological formation |
Lithology | |
Primary | Claystone, siltstone, marl |
Location | |
Coordinates | 21°12′N79°06′E / 21.2°N 79.1°E |
Approximate paleocoordinates | 26°12′S61°30′E / 26.2°S 61.5°E |
Region | Maharashtra, Gujarat |
Country | India |
Type section | |
Named for | Tákli Plain |
The Takli Formation is a Maastrichtian geologic formation in India. [1] Dinosaur remains diagnostic to the genus level are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation. [2]
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| Notes Uncertain or tentative taxa are in small text; |
Sauropods from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Fusioolithus | F. baghensis | eggshell fragments | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Sauropod Eggs. | |
Sauropoda [3] [4] | Indeterminate | tooth | Gujarat | Maastrichtian | A Sauropod. | |
Titanosauridae | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Titanosaur. | |
Theropods from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
?Coelurosauria [4] | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Coelurosauria was a common wastebasket taxon. | |
?Megalosauridae | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Megalosauridae was a common wastebasket taxon. | |
Massospondylus [5] [6] | M. rawesi | Tooth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Previously thought to be a Massospondylus now thought to have been an indeterminate Theropod. [7] [8] | |
Theropoda [9] | Indeterminate | Teeth. | Gujarat | Maastrichtian | An indeterminate theropod. |
Other Archosaurs from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Archosauria [4] | Indeterminate | teeth | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | Either a saurischian or a crocodilla n. | |
Crocodyliformes [10] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Crocodyliform. | ||
Lepidosaurs from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Gekkonidae [11] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Gecko. | ||
Boidae [12] [13] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snake. | ||
Scincomorpha [12] [13] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Scincomorph. | ||
? Contogenys [11] | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Globaurid. | ||
Anguidae [14] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Anguid. | ||
Litakis [11] | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Platynota. | ||
Exostinus | E. estesi [11] E. estesai | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Xenosaurid. | ||
Pristiguana | P. sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Iguanid. | ||
Iguanidae [11] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An iguanid. |
Amphibians from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Anura [15] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Frog. | ||
Pelobatidae [13] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Spadefoot Toad. | ||
Mammals from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Symmetrodonta [14] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Allotherian Mammal. | ||
Molluscas from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Bivalvia | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Clam. | ||
Limnaea | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. | ||
Valvata | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. | ||
Paludina | sp. | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. | ||
Physa | P. prinsepii | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snail. | ||
Crustaceans from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Ostracoda [17] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | An Ostracod. | ||
Turtles from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
Pelomedusidae [14] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Pelomedusid Turtle. | ||
Testudinata | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Turtle. | ||
Insects from the Takli Formation | ||||||
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Genus | Species | Material | Location | Time Period | Notes | Images |
?Buprestidae [18] | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Jewel beetle. | ||
Lomatus [18] [19] | L. hislopi | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Jewel beetle. | ||
?Curculionidae | Indeterminate | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. | ||
Meristos [18] | M. hunteri | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. | ||
Palaeotanymecides [18] | P. hislopi | Maharashtra | Maastrichtian | A Snout beetle. | ||